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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wendom
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”).[1] cognate with Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos) and Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”).
Noun
*wendom n[1]
- hair
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wendom | *wendou | *wendā |
| vocative | *wendom | *wendou | *wendā |
| accusative | *wendom | *wendou | *wendā |
| genitive | *wendī | *wendous | *wendom |
| dative | *wendūi | *wendobom | *wendobos |
| locative | *wendei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wendū | *wendobim | *wendūis |
Descendants
- Middle Irish: find
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wendo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413